Device for framing ladies&#39; handbags



Dec. 9, 1952 5, KOLSKY 2,620,846

DEVICE FOR FRAMING LADIES HANDBAGS Filed May 25, 1949 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 INVENTOR SAM KOLSKY, BY

TTORNEY Dec. 9, 1952 Filed May 25, 1949 FIG.7.

s. -KOLSKY 2,620,846

DEVICE FOR FRAMING LADIES HANDBAGS 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 INVENTOR 9 SAM KOLSKY, B

TTORNEY Patented Dec. 9, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DEVICE FOR FRAMING LADIES HANDBAGS Sam Kolsky, Trenton, N. J.

Application May 25, 1949, Serial No. 95,236

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in an apparatus for framing ladies handbags and has particular reference to a device wherein a hinged, channeled frame, forming a part of a ladies handbag, is held in a, fixed position thereon to permit the placement of the open edges of the handbag between the flanges of the channel upon the hinged frame, and includes a compression member upon the apparatus which is brought into contact with the hinged frame to force the flanges together and lock the said hinged frame and bag together.

An object of this invention is to provide a device of the character described which, by its use, will simplify the operation of assembling ladies handbags to minimize the labor involved and materially reduce the cost of production.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of an organization in which the constituent elements are so arranged structurally and functionally-as to assure improved results with materials and members which may be manufactured at reasonable cost, may be easily assembled and which will be efficient in operation with minimum wear to the parts.

The best embodiment of the invention has been chosen for illustrative purposes, but this embodiment should be viewed as being illustrative only and not as limiting because obviously the invention is capable of other embodiments having revised details of construction, so long as they fall within the ambit of the appended claims.

The invention itself, however, both as to its organization and its method of operation, will best be understood from the following description of a specific embodiment when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is an elevational front view of the apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a side view of same looking in the direction indicated by the arrow X in Fig. 1, a, portion of the view being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of same showing a pivoted upper portion of the apparatus swung to the side.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view, partly in section, taken along the line i4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view, partly in section, of a locking means which will be hereinafter fully explained.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentaryrsectional view of a clamping means which will be hereinafter explained.

Figs. '7 and 8 are fragmentary sectional details of a part which will be hereinafter explained and is taken approximately along line 1-8 of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the parts in detail, I I designatesa base of a frame to which there is afiixed ends of said slots 4|.

a circular supporting standard l2. Slidable upon the lower portion of said standard is a collar l3 having a bracket formation l4 thereon to which there is attached, by means of bolts I5, a platform iii. The collar 13 is adjustable, as to height, upon the said standard l2 and is secured in fixed position, by means of a set screw, manually operated by a handle [8 upon an arm 19 extending from the said set screw H. To the platform I6 there is secured, by means of a bolt and nut 20 and 2|, respectively, a base plate 22 having an undercut 23 upon opposite sides thereof.

Transversely resting across the said base plate 22 and slidable thereon, is a front cross-bar 24 and a rear cross-bar 24. Each of the said front and rear cross bar is provided with grip members 25 which are attached, by means of bolts 26, to the outer ends of the said cross bars 24 and 2d and are formed with lips 21 (Figs. 1, 2 and 6), engaging in the aforesaid undercut 23 upon the base plate 22. Upright supporting brackets 28 and 28' are secured to the said transverse front and rear cross bars 24 and 24' respectively, by means of countersunk screws 29 (Figs. 5 and 6).

To the upright supporting brackets 28 upon the front cross bar there is pivotally connected, as at 30, a pair of upright supporting members 3| which are adapted to swing through an arc of approximately as indicated by the dotted line A in Fig. 2 and by the dotted line D and arrow Y in Fig. 4. The said upright supporting members 3| are held in locked vertical position by pins 32 (Figs. 1, 2 and 5) which are formed upon rods 33, slidable in a tubular connection 34, secured between the said brackets 28. A spring 35 is disposed between the two inner ends 36 of the said rods 33 and acts to urge the said pins 32 outwardly into and through orifices 38 in said supporting brackets 28 and through an orifice 39 in said pivotally connected supporting members 3|.

The said pins 32, rods 33, tubular member 34 and spring 35 constitute a latch which affords a means for locking the said supporting members 3! in an upright or vertical position. Handles or finger holds 40, engaging through slots 4| in said tubular member 34' are secured to the said rods 33 and are employed to retract or withdraw the said pins 32 out of engagement with the said supporting brackets 28 and supporting members 3| and which may be held in retracted position by swinging the said finger holds d6 into the notches 42 formed at the inner The said tubular member 34 may be welded or otherwise suitably attached to two adjacent supporting brackets 28 as at 43. The said two supporting members 3| are connected at their upper ends by a cross bar 44 and together constitute an inverted U-shaped supporting frame when same is locked or latched in its vertical position.

The aforementioned supporting brackets 28 have, rigidly attached thereto by means of bolts 45, upright supporting members 46 which are connected across their upper ends by a cross bar 41. The whole, namely, the upright supporting members and connected cross-bar, consisting of a second inverted U-shaped supporting frame which remains fixed and immovable in its vertical position. A fork-shaped member comprising a cross-bar 49 and forwardly extending arms 5|] is attached to said cross-bar 41 by means of screws 5| (Fig. 4). Each of the said forwardly extending arms 50 are formed with a ledge 52 (Figs. 4, 7 and 8) and notches 53 which notches are adapted to engage over a ledge 54 of a cross-bar 55 secured to the said connecting cross-bar 44 when same is brought into contact with the notches 53 upon the ends of the said forwardly extending arms 50.

The rear end of the said forwardly extending arms 50 project a slight distance rearwardly, as at 56, and are formed with an upwardly extending lug 51 to which there is pivotally attached at 58, a hand-bag holding frame comprising a front and rear member 59 and 69 respectively, and side members 61, the whole constituting a frame which swings down upon the said U-shaped front supporting frame. The said U-shaped supporting frame is locked thereto by a spring clip 62 attached to the said cross-bar 55 and engaging a pin 63 upon the front member 59 of the said pressing frame.

The dot-dash lines 64 (Fig. 4), show an open hinged frame of a hand-bag, as it rests upon the said bag holding frame. 65 indicates the hinge of the handbag frame and cut out portions 66 and 61 indicate recesses or pockets to receive the hinge portion of the said hand bag frame. The dot-dash lines in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 indicate the bag proper which is to be attached to the channeled hinged frame.

Hinged to the upper portion of the aforesaid circular supporting standard 12 is a bracket arm 68 which is held in position between the collars 59 and 10 both of which are held securely, in fixed position, by means of set screws H and 12 respectively. The said bracket arm 68 and collars 69 and 10 are vertically slidable upon the said supporting standard l2 when the collars 69 and 10 are released. At the outwardly proiecting end of said bracket arm 68 there is formed a cylindrical section 13 (Fig. 2) in which a plunger 14 has vertical, reciprocal movement. A rack of gears 15 is formed upon the said plunger and coacting with a pinion gear 16 upon a shaft 11 gives reciprocal movement to the said plunger 15 when the said pinion (6 is rotated. Rotation is given to the said pinion 1'5 by means of a lever or handle 18. Collars or shoulders 19 are fixed upon the shaft '11 to hold the said pinion gear 16 in alignment with the rack I5 upon the plunger 14.

To the lower end of the plunger there is secured a plate or die 80 which when aligned with the holding frame and hinged handbag frame, is brought down against the channeled edges 8| (Fig. 7) to force same together (Fig. 8), thereby holding the open edge 82 of the handbag securely in place within the said channel. Any suitable cement or glue may be injected into the said channel of the hinged frame before clamping same together.

Framed ladies handbags are made up of two essential parts, namely, a bag portion and a hinged channeled frame to which the bag portion is secured. The said hinged frame may be of various shapes and sizes and to meet any requirement as to size or shape this device is formed with means for adjustment such as the slidable transverse bars 24 and 24' and interchangeable holding members (not shown) but which may replace the holding member shown, by removing the bolt 5| shown in Fig. 4.

I claim:

1. In an apparatus for assembling ladies handbags comprising a frame having a supporting standard, a lower bracket member adjustably attached to and extending from the said supporting standard, an upper bracket arm having a cylindrical formation thereon and adjustably at tached to and extending from the said supporting standard and a plunger reciprocally movable within said cylindrical portion, the combination of a base plate having undercuts along opposite edges thereof and secured to said lower bracket arm, front and rear transverse cross-bars having lip formations upon their ends adapted to engage in the undercuts along the edges of the base plate, upright supporting brackets upon the said front and rear cross bars, an upright inverted U-shaped frame secured to the upright supporting brackets upon the rear cross bar, a hand bag carrying frame secured to and extending forwardly from the said inverted U-shaped frame, a pressing frame pivotally attached to the rear end of the said inverted U-shaped upright frame, said frame adapted to swing downwardly upon a hand bag frame held within the said hand bag carrying frame, the aforesaid plunger being adapted to engage and press upon the frame of a handbag, an inverted U-shaped supporting frame pivotally attached between the upright supporting brackets upon the front cross bar, and a spring latching member upon the said inverted U-shaped frame upon the front cross bar and engageable with the free end of the said pressing frame and adapted to lock the said pivoted U-shaped frame to the pressing frame.

2. In an apparatus for assembling ladies handbags as set forth in claim 1 including a spring actuated means for locking the inverted U-shaped frame in its raised position, the said means comprising a tubular member secured between the upright supporting brackets upon the front cross bar, pins slidable within the ends of the said tubular member, springs behind the pins to urge the ends of same through an orifice in each upright supporting bracket and into orifices in the inverted U-shaped frame to lock same in its upright position.

SAM KOLSKY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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